Homeland Security
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CongressProcurement Spending May Not Plunge, Despite Fears
Defense spending on weapons systems may not plummet in the next several years, despite some pundits asserting that huge federal budget deficits, an imploding economy and nosediving federal revenues mean […]
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Homeland Security
Lockheed Delivers MUOS Hardware
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the core structure including a propulsion subsystem for the first Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, the company announced today. It is the largest […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Proposes Security Rules For Business Jets, Large GA Planes
By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday announced a proposed rule that would require operators and pilots of large general aviation aircraft, typically business jets and turboprops, to […]
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Business/FinancialMarinette Marine Protests Coast Guard’s FRC Award To Bollinger
By Calvin Biesecker Shipbuilder Marinette Marine on Tuesday protested the Coast Guard’s potential $1.5 billion award to Bollinger Shipyards to design and construct the Fast Response Cutter (FRC) patrol boats. […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Making Strides In Information Security, IG Finds
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making progress in complying with federal security regulations for information security, although component agencies are still not implementing all of the department’s policies, […]
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Homeland Security
Correction
The Coast Guard estimates the total cost–including long lead materials, construction, test and evaluation, and program management–for the fourth National Security Cutter (NSC) will be about $100 million more than […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Acquisition Chief Suggests $2 Billion Needed For Recapitalization
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard needs an annual appropriation of about $2 billion for acquisition projects to properly recapitalize its assets, the service’s acquisition chief said last week. "We […]
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Congress
Coast Guard Expects Construction Costs For Fourth NSC To Rise Sharply
By Calvin Biesecker and Emelie Rutherford Increasing commodity and labor costs coupled to a lesser extent with the weak dollar relative to the euro are likely to send construction costs […]
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Congress
Missile Defense Urgently Needed To Counter Widespread And Rising Ballistic Missile Threat
The next president of the United States has no choice but to continue erecting a multi-layered ballistic missile shield, because the threat posed by potential enemy ballistic missiles has grown […]
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Homeland Security
Missile Defense Required To Counter Increasing Threat Posed By China, State Department Study Finds: Report
China poses a rising ballistic missile threat that the United States should counter with improved systems including missile defense capabilities, a draft version of a State Department study concludes, according […]